Month: December 2017

SYDNEY — Rugby Australia has stood star Karmichael Hunt down from all playing and training activities after he was arrested and charged with drug possession in the early hours of Saturday morning. Police allegedly discovered a white powder after searching the 31-year-old Wallabies representative in a car park in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley at about 12.40am.

DENVER — With Joel Embiid in a different city entirely, the Philadelphia 76ers got a spark from an unlikely source. Jerryd Bayless scored all of his 14 points in a key stretch in the second half, and the 76ers rallied from 13 down to beat the Denver Nuggets 107-102 on Saturday night. Dario Saric had

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers are planning to rest quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and running back Le’Veon Bell in Sunday’s season finale against the Cleveland Browns, according to sources. Players were told during the week that Roethlisberger and Bell would sit out the game and that Landry Jones would start at quarterback, the sources said. The

LAS VEGAS — Cris Cyborg dominated overmatched opponents for so many years, it became hard to tell how she’d respond to a competitive fight. She responded incredibly well to one on Saturday. Cyborg (19-1) recorded her first defense of the UFC’s featherweight championship on Saturday, defeating former bantamweight titleholder Holly Holm via unanimous decision at

LAS VEGAS — Khabib Nurmagomedov appears to be on the verge of taking over the UFC’s lightweight division. Again. Nurmagomedov (25-0) remained perfect at UFC 219 on Saturday, as he thoroughly manhandled Edson Barboza (19-5) in a unanimous decision. The 155-pound contest served as the co-main event inside T-Mobile Arena. Judges appropriately scored the contest

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The last pass Alex Hornibrook threw before Saturday’s Capital One Orange Bowl found the hands of Ohio State‘s Damon Webb, ending Wisconsin‘s hopes of a Big Ten title and a playoff berth. Twenty-seven days later, Hornibrook looked like a completely different player, and in a game in which Badgers star running

OAKLAND, Calif. — After missing the last 11 games for the Golden State Warriors with a right ankle sprain, Stephen Curry returned to action in emphatic fashion. On Saturday the two-time MVP exploded for 38 points and shot 13-for-17 from the floor and nailed a season-high 10 3s out of 13 in 26 minutes to

The search for high-quality practice time in order to acclimatise to South African conditions was behind India’s decision to cancel their warm-up match ahead of the three-Test series. Instead of facing a South African Invitation side, which may have comprised players with scant franchise experience, as was the case against Zimbabwe 10 ten days ago

The Indianapolis Colts are expected to part ways with coach Chuck Pagano, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The Colts, 3-12 and last in the AFC South going into their season finale against the 4-11 Houston Texans on Sunday, have missed the playoffs each of the past three years and struggled this season without injured star

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — A heated exchange between Mark Richt and officials earned the Miami coach an unsportsmanlike conduct flag and led to a Wisconsin touchdown late in the first half of Saturday night’s Capital One Orange Bowl. Richt was livid after he thought Wisconsin linemen continually got away with holding his defensive linemen, and

Wasps went second in the Aviva Premiership with a five-try 31-26 victory at Bath, who never recovered from falling 19 points behind in the first 23 minutes. The home team scored four tries and picked up a losing bonus point, too, but they were always behind on the scoreboard. It is another huge week across

ARCADIA, Calif. — In the nick of time, Daddys Lil Darling became a Grade 1 winner in Saturday’s $301,380 American Oaks for 3-year-old fillies at Santa Anita. The American Oaks was the final Grade 1 of 2017 and was Daddys Lil Darling sixth appearance in such a race this year. “She’s a special horse and

Alan Gaffney will have little doubt about the size of the task facing him at Northampton Saints following their 50-21 Aviva Premiership defeat to Harlequins at Twickenham. It is unclear how much of Saints’ season the incoming technical coaching consultant — who arrives in the UK Sunday — will have seen at home in Australia,

TWICKENHAM, London — During a crazy game that ended with Northampton conceding 50 points at Twickenham for the second time this season, arguably the biggest cheer was reserved not for one of the 10 tries but for the appearance of Eddie Jones on the stadium’s giant screen. The England coach returned the crowd’s warm reception

OZONE PARK, N.Y. — The final five races of Saturday’s card at Aqueduct were canceled after the jockeys refused to ride, citing a concern over the condition of the main track. According to Kendrick Carmouche, the jockeys notified Glen Kozak, NYRA’s director of racing surfaces, about the track being uneven in spots on Friday. The

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. — Run Time proved that distance is the great equalizer when stepping up off a first-level allowance/optional-claiming victory to upset Grade 1 winner Bullards Alley in Saturday’s two-mile H. Allen Jerkens Stakes at Gulfstream Park. Run Time, who won his maiden going 1 1/2 miles four months ago at Kentucky Downs, bided

Laurel Park canceled its final three races Saturday after two horses fell during the gallop-outs of their respective races. Renaissance Rosie, the runner-up in race 5, the $75,000 Politely Stakes, fell after the finish, throwing jockey Julian Pimentel. Renaissance Rosie got to her feet after the incident, ran off and was caught. Pimentel, also walked

5:41 PM ET ESPN staff Controversial light welterweight Ohara Davies has been pulled from the Lawrence Okolie — Isaac Chamberlain undercard by Eddie Hearn after a series of tweets taunting Tommy Coyle. Davies (16-1, 13KOs) had been due to take on an unnamed opponent on the Feb. 3 card at London’s O2 Arena, and Davies